Rust server
Offline 178.72.70.229:28015 checked 21d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 51% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
- usual gap
- 3.2 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 3players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
6 OCT 2026Tue 6 Oct, 16:50 UTC21d ago |
3 | – | running | 1 |
3 OCT 2026Sat 3 Oct, 12:46 UTC24d ago |
3 | held half | 3.2 days | 0 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does Rust server run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Rust server. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on Rust server?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Rust server runs.
Lists and filters
Where does Rust server appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Rust server are Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is meant by the tags on Rust server?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Rust server gives gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp100 (Max players): Player cap: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166652 (Build): Build on file: 166652; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on Rust server?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 3 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
How often is Rust server wiped, and on what schedule?
Rust server's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now was made 21 days 7 hours.
Population
What position does Rust server hold among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days, Rust server takes #11,493, within the top 51% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Rust server look like?
The last check found Rust server offline, last seen 21 days 4 hours ago.
Operator and status
What Rust version is Rust server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652, on Windows, is what Rust server runs. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
Is Rust server reachable, and does it stay up?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Rust server was 21 days 4 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. On 3 October 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
What is the location of Rust server?
There is no region on record for Rust server; it publishes none. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 178.72.70.229:28015.
Connecting
What is the way onto Rust server?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.72.70.229:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.